A plan for rebuilding the city of London, after the great fire in 1666; design'd by that great architect Sr. Christopher Wren ... To the consideration of ye Rt Honble. y [!] Lord Mayor, ye Court of Alderman, & Common Council of ye City of London, this plan ... is ... inscrib'd, by ... J. Gwynn.

Gwynn, John, 1713-1786, A plan for rebuilding the city of London,, 1749

Creator:: Gwynn, John, 1713-1786.
Title(s):: A plan for rebuilding the city of London, after the great fire in 1666; design'd by that great architect Sr. Christopher Wren ... To the consideration of ye Rt Honble. y [!] Lord Mayor, ye Court of Alderman, & Common Council of ye City of London, this plan ... is ... inscrib'd, by ... J. Gwynn.
Published/Created:: [London] The proprietors, 1749.
Physical Description:: fold plan. 27 x 39 cm., fold. to 27 x 20 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA9188 L7 G9 copy 1
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/578860
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Bound into copy 1 of the author's London and Westminster improved. London, 1766.
Wren's unexecuted plan, with extensive engraved remarks by Gwynn.
Engraved by E. Rooker, after the author, and S. Wale.
Subject Terms:: City planning -- England -- Early works to 1870.
City planning -- England -- London.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1749
Contributors:: Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.
Rooker, Edward, 1712?-1774.
Wale, Samuel, -1786.
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